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This came out of the MEA's complaint about the Daily Telegraph's shocking "Exercise and positive thinking can overcome ME" piece, which resulted in a correction, and the offer to publish a piece on the MEA's views. This is that piece. It's a very engaging piece, in my view, that will appeal to a wide audience.
Back in 1955, a mysterious polio-like illness affected 262 doctors and nurses at London’s Royal Free Hospital. The hospital had to close for just over three months.
The outbreak was written up in The Lancet and a new neurological disease entered medical language: myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME, as it still remains in the WHO Classification of Diseases. "Myalgic" referred to the muscle symptoms; "encephalomyelitis" referred to the various neurological symptoms...
It’s time for doctors to apologise to their ME patients
Charles Shepherd, ME Association
Charles Shepherd, ME Association
Back in 1955, a mysterious polio-like illness affected 262 doctors and nurses at London’s Royal Free Hospital. The hospital had to close for just over three months.
The outbreak was written up in The Lancet and a new neurological disease entered medical language: myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME, as it still remains in the WHO Classification of Diseases. "Myalgic" referred to the muscle symptoms; "encephalomyelitis" referred to the various neurological symptoms...
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